How to upload files in a form send to a Discussion Forum Handler

[Guest]

Is it possible to upload files in form where the send to it to
Discussion Forum Handler.
The instructions on Article 299763 do not work.
The file is never attached.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

No.

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[Thomas A. Rowe]

Also the File Upload component on works if your site is hosted on Windows IIS server and the host
allows it.

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[Guest]

Thank you for replying. The problem I have is that it indeed works is the
form is submited into a file (hence indeed IIS server and host allow it).
The problem arises when at the same server I try to upload a file in
a discussion form handler.
Surely someone might have tried to upload a file in a discussion form!
Hoping that you might have a suggestion.
skan.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

It is not supported, you will have to find a forum application written in a server -side scripting
language, such as ASP, ASP.net and uses a database to that the upload file can be associated with
the posting within the forum, so even if you upload the file, there would be no method of associated
it with the specific post.

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[Guest]

Thomas thanks again. Well perhaps I have been thining first to upload
the file publish the associated hyperlink and attach it to the text of the
article.
Surely this might work.
Andreas

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Well, the only way is to upload the file via FP and then editing the discussion page in FP to add
the hyperlink, as it can't be automated.

Once the discussion web is live (has content) you can no longer publish you local copy of the
discussion page to the live/remote server, as you will overwrite any new post, you will have to work
on the live/remote site to make any changes to the discussion web.

Basically, the FP discussion have a very limited feature set. You can find free/low cost ASP based
forum applications to allow you to do what you want and more.
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